On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 3:04 PM, Greg Rundlett (freephile) <g...@freephile.com> wrote: > I've already contemplated such a move... (my service would be called > Greg'sList... it's Craigslist, only better :-) But, their TOS explicitly > limits any such possibility. > > 5. UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS AND ACTIVITIES > > ... > > Any copying, aggregation, display, distribution, performance or derivative > use of craigslist or any content posted on craigslist whether done directly > or through intermediaries (including but not limited to by means of spiders, > robots, crawlers, scrapers, framing, iframes or RSS feeds) is prohibited. As > a limited exception, general purpose Internet search engines and > noncommercial public archives will be entitled to access craigslist without > individual written agreements executed with CL that specifically authorize > an exception to this prohibition if, in all cases and individual instances: > (a) they provide a direct hyperlink to the relevant craigslist website, > service, forum or content; (b) they access craigslist from a stable IP > address using an easily identifiable agent; and (c) they comply with CL's > robots.txt file; provided however, that CL may terminate this limited > exception as to any search engine or public archive (or any person or entity > relying on this provision to access craigslist without their own written > agreement executed with CL), at any time and in its sole discretion, upon > written notice, including, without limitation, by email notice. > > Any access to or use of craigslist to design, develop, test, update, > operate, modify, maintain, support, market, advertise, distribute or > otherwise make available any program, application or service (including, > without limitation, any device, technology, product, computer program, > mobile device application, website, or mechanical or personal service) that > enables or provides access to, use of, operation of or interoperation with > craigslist (including, without limitation, to access content, post content, > cross-post content, re-post content, respond or reply to content, verify > content, transmit content, create accounts, verify accounts, use accounts, > circumvent and/or automate technological security measures or restrictions, > or flag content) is prohibited. This prohibition specifically applies but is > not limited to software, programs, applications and services for use or > operation on or by any computer and/or any electronic, wireless and/or > mobile device, technology or product that exists now or in the future.
These ToS appear to prohibit accessing Craigslist with a web browser. -- Roger _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
